CLASSICS 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Only Hope, Etiology, Straightaway
17 Sep 2016
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Hera is always suspicious of what her husband is upto, afraid he might not keep his word and greeks might win which they do. Afraid other gods may bribe him to delay the inevitable or change outcome of conflict. Hera goes to daughter in law, aphrodite, she gives hera a magic girdle divine lingerie, any man will be overcome with lust for you. Hera gets dressed up, goes up to zeus, he becomes inflamed with passion for her and had sex. Hera gets ready to leave, says she"s going to visit cousin, zeus says hera should wait til another day to visit and have sex with him: gods have lust, sex, wear clothes, act as humans. Nature of the olympians gods are anthropomorphic occupy the shape of a human. Male or female, wear dresses and clothes, have beards, and act like humans as well have desires, fears, prejudices, emotions and character humans have; they have haracter types:
